[mythtv-users] Running video metadata update from command line on headless backend?

[Michael A Weber]

> On Apr 7, 2016, at 9:07 PM, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 18:55:07 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible to update video metadata via command line call on the master backend?  The tmdb3.py call on the minimyth2 front-end fails, but it works successfully on the backend, and I don’t have another front-end from which I can trigger it in the UI, and my master backend is headless.
>> 
>> Ideas?
>> 
>> Mike
> 
> Is the command "mythutil --scanvideos" what you want?
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No, the —scanvideos option does what the menu option “scan for changes” does.  It only looks for what has been added or deleted to update the inventory.  It doesn’t update the information about the new videos.

No worries though…  I was able to run a remote X session on my Mac and launch the front-end on the backend, and ran the “Retrieve details” option for the missing video metadata, and it worked.  The same action fails in my minimyth2 front-end, so that’s why I had to resort to this.

Thanks for the response.

Mike